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North Platte Labor Day Climatology

The end of summer officially falls on the vernal equinox, however many consider Labor Day to be the end of summer. By Labor Day, kids have returned to school, football is in full swing, and summer vacations have ended. Labor Day originated in the late 1800s and has always been observed on the first Monday of September, which varies from the 1st of the month to the 7th. The weather can vary greatly during this transition from the ‘dog days of summer’ to the frosty fall conditions that change the color of the leaves. This study looks at past Labor Day weather conditions reported in North Platte since 1875.

LABOR DAY IN NORTH PLATTE
PERIOD OF RECORD 142 YEARS: 1875-2016

TEMPERATURE DATA

Highest	102 degrees (September 7, 1959)
Lowest	34 degrees (September 2, 1974)
Lowest Maximum	57 degrees (September 7, 1885)
Highest Minimum	72 degrees (September 7, 1931)
Average High	82.5 degrees
Average Low	53.9 degrees
30 Year Normal High	83 to 82 degrees
30 Year Normal Low	54 to 51 degrees
Average Temperature Range	28.6 degrees
Largest Range between High and Low	54 degrees High 93, Low 39 (September 7, 1971)
Smallest Range between High and Low	7 degrees High 68, Low 61 (September 1, 1986)

High Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	100s
1	13	43	45	39	1
0.7%	9.2%	30.3%	31.7%	27.5%	0.7%

Low Temperature by 10 Degree Ranges

30s	40s	50s	60s	70s
6	31	76	27	2
4.2%	21.8%	53.5%	19.0%	1.4%

PRECIPITATION DATA

Maximum Precipitation	0.65 inches (September 5, 1881)
Maximum Snowfall	None
Number of Times Precipitation	48 Occurrences or 33.8%
Number of Times Measurable Precipitation (more than a Trace)	33 Occurrences or 23.2%
Number of Times Snowfall	No snowfall occurrences
Number of Times No Precipitation	94 Occurrences or 66.2%

DAILY WEATHER SUMMARIES PAST 5 LABOR DAYS

Date	High	Low	Precip	Snow	Remarks
Sept 3, 2012	94	57	0.00	0.0	Mostly sunny
Sept 2, 2013	89	50	0.00	0.0	Sunny
Sept 1, 2014	77	48	0.08	0.0	Mostly sunny, late evening thunderstorm
Sept 7, 2015	75	56	0.10	0.0	Cloudy, morning and evening thundershowers
Sept 5, 2016	92	62	0.14	0.0	Morning clouds, mostly sunny, evening thundershowers

YEAR BY YEAR WEATHER FOR PAST LABOR DAYS
CLICK ON GRAPH FOR LARGER IMAGE

NORTH PLATTE RECORDS FOR POTENTIAL LABOR DAYS
(RECORDS SET ON CELEBRATED LABOR DAYS HIGHLIGHTED)

Date	High	Low	Low Max	High Min	Precip	Snow
Sept 1	98/1911	35/1956	55/1972	71/1990	3.33/1942	None
Sept 2	101/1947	34/1974	60/1942	71/1964	2.99/1942	None
Sept 3	99/1960,54	26/1974	55/1918	72/1897	0.73/1920	None
Sept 4	101/1946,1881	36/1974	60/1885	69/1899	2.49/1938	None
Sept 5	105/1931	32/1956	53/1885	70/1946,1886	0.65/1948,1881	None
Sept 6	102/1931	27/1956	49/1929,1881	70/1947,1899	1.45/1927	None
Sept 7	102/1959	34/2010	45/1929	72/1931	1.03/1945	None

ALSO VISIT VALENTINE LABOR DAY CLIMATOLOGY

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Matthew Masek
Update includes 2016

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Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

Labor Day Climatology - North Platte, NE